Rhode Island is on TV!!!

[Freedom]

I know there are a few "displaced" Rhode Islanders on here. Thought you folks would enjoy this.

New TV series, Body of Proof, Tuesday at 10 PM Eastern, on ABC.

Although the show is "set" in Philadelphia, all the filming was done here in RI, with most of it in Providence; some was done here in East Providence. Last summer, seemed like every time we ventured out, there were road blocks and detours due to the filming.

Here is a story about one of the houses they used:
http://www.abc6.com/Global/story.asp?S=14391529

If you want to watch episodes online, here is a link:
http://abc.go.com/shows/body-of-proof

[phesina]

Oh, that's neat! I'll have to take a look.

[pomtzu]

Hey - now that's pretty cool........(waves to all her friends and relatives, mostly from from Warwick)!

I'll have to watch it - not that I'd recognize anything after being away all these years.

[Grace]

We've watched a couple of episodes. I didn't know they were filming in Rhode Island though.

I loved the show Providence when it was on. And then there was The Brotherhood - it was on Showtime back in 2006. That one showed lots of Providence.

[Pinot's Mom]

OK, the other displaced Rhodie checking in...I had no idea either. I would never recognize Providence; the only time I went there was for concerts at the Civic Center (which I'm sure has been replaced). If I can catch it, I will though, thanks!

I was an Aquidneck Island girl.

[Freedom]

OK, the other diplaced Rhodie checking in...

I was an Aquidneck Island girl.

First line: LOL, love it!

Oh, the Island folks are a society all unto themselves!

[pomtzu]

Oh, the Island folks are a society all unto themselves!

Oh Maggie----------are you going to let her get away with that???

Sandie - my folks built a house on Jamestown, after I was on my own, so I never resided there - just visited. I guess you'd call Jamestown "a poor man's Aquidneck"??

[Grace]

Oh Maggie----------are you going to let her get away with that???

Sandie - my folks built a house on Jamestown, after I was on my own, so I never resided there - just visited. I guess you'd call Jamestown "a poor man's Aquidneck"??

Actually, Jamestown is nobody's poor man. Have you ever checked the price of houses there?

I lived on Aquidneck Island for two years, when my first husband was stationed on the USS Gearing. My formative years were spent in Warwick - just like you, Ellie

[Pinot's Mom]

Oh Maggie----------are you going to let her get away with that???

Why, we always knew we were...ahem...cut from a different type of cloth...

Now, who's going to let me get away with THAT one??

[pomtzu]

Actually, Jamestown is nobody's poor man. Have you ever checked the price of houses there?

I lived on Aquidneck Island for two years, when my first husband was stationed on the USS Gearing. My formative years were spent in Warwick - just like you, Ellie

Oh yeah - Jamestown definitely is no Shantytown. My folks built a nice rancher - cedar shake shingles - in keeping with the look of the area. My cousin had built a gorgeous "mansion" there too - all natural stone excavated on the island. Now that was no cheap undertaking! I wish I knew the address - I'd check it out - price-wise. I tried to find him thru whitepages, but no listing in Jamestown under his name. I don't even know if he's still alive, since he was a good 10 years older than I am.

And just a bit of useless info for people who don't know.........Gretchen and I grew up just a few miles from each other and went to the same schools, etc. We didn't know each other back then tho - since she is (cough,cough,cough) OLDER than I am.

Why, we always knew we were...ahem...cut from a different type of cloth...

Now, who's going to let me get away with THAT one??

Ummm - I'm speechless on this one, so you win this round.

[Freedom]

He heeee, love this thread!

Just as I joke that I 'think' I need a passport to "cross the bridge" (Washington Bridge, to the other 80% of the state on the other side), folks on Aquidneck often comment similarly re the rest of us on the main land.

I have to be careful though, as I am a "transplant," only lived here 16 years. Do you know, I don't think I've ever BEEN in Jamestown, yet? As Dad's house - where I grew up - is north, I just gravitate up that way most of the time.

[pomtzu]

Hey Sandie - you don't know what you've missed till you've hob-nobbed with the islanders!

I heard rumors that Maggie's address was Cliff Walk, too.

[Karen]

It's fun to know where it is the show was really filmed, we knew it wasn't Philadelphia - well, Paul knew, as he's been there a few times, but didn't know where it really was!

[Grace]

He heeee, love this thread!

Just as I joke that I 'think' I need a passport to "cross the bridge" (Washington Bridge, to the other 80% of the state on the other side), folks on Aquidneck often comment similarly re the rest of us on the main land.

I have to be careful though, as I am a "transplant," only lived here 16 years. Do you know, I don't think I've ever BEEN in Jamestown, yet? As Dad's house - where I grew up - is north, I just gravitate up that way most of the time.

Where did you live before Rhode Island?

I have lived in Michigan more than half my life - but when I am asked where I am from, I always answer Rhode Island.

The Michigan license plate on my car reads 1QUAHOG.

[pomtzu]

The Michigan license plate on my car reads 1QUAHOG.

Do people in MI even know what a quahog is??